Mayim Bialik to guest host ‘Jeopardy!’ after Richards’ exit
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” is back to guest hosts after the resignation of new host Mike Richards, and actor Mayim Bialik will return as…
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US boarding school review prompts calls for trauma support
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some members of Congress want protections put in place to address ongoing…
Continue Reading‘Sweet, sweet Connie’ in Grand Funk Railroad hit dies at 66
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Connie Hamzy, a rock ‘n’ roll groupie from Arkansas who was immortalized as “sweet, sweet Connie” in the 1973…
Continue ReadingCalifornia DOJ to investigate police shooting of ‘uninvolved’ bystander
By Stella Chan, CNN Police in the California town of Guadalupe fatally shot an “uninvolved” bystander Saturday night as officers pursued…
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DEQ extends Deschutes County, S. Oregon air quality advisory until at least Wednesday
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality extended an air quality advisory Monday for Southern and Central Oregon due to smoke from wildfires in…
Continue ReadingJosephine Baker will be the first Black woman buried at the Panthéon in Paris
By Leah Asmelash, CNN Legendary Black entertainer Josephine Baker is set to become the first Black woman to have her remains buried in the Panthéon…
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Oregon redistricting hearings go virtual; schedule released
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – In response to growing hospitalization rates across the state due to the Delta variant of COVID-19, Senate President Peter…
Continue Reading5 dead, 2 missing in fire on Mexican Gulf oil platform
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s state-owned oil company says five workers were killed, two workers are missing and six were injured in a massive…
Continue Reading5 dead, 2 missing in fire on Mexican Gulf oil platform
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s state-owned oil company says five workers were killed, two workers are missing and six were injured in a massive…
Continue ReadingA new king was crowned in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region and young Nigerians are inspired
By Anita Patrick, CNN The coronation of a dashing monarch in the oil-rich but impoverished Delta region has sparked a resurgence in royalty,…
Continue ReadingAstronaut’s undisclosed minor medical issue delays spacewalk
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is delaying a spacewalk at the International Space Station this week because of…
Continue ReadingCalifornia firefighters battle a dozen large wildfires
MATHER, Calif. (AP) — More than 13,500 firefighters are working to contain a dozen large California wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes…
Continue ReadingTuesday spacewalk postponed due to ‘minor medical issue’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A spacewalk outside of the International Space Station including NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Japan Aerospace…
Continue ReadingSchool mask mandate ban challenged in new Utah lawsuit
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of Utah parents is suing the state over a law that bans school districts from…
Continue ReadingRev Jesse Jackson and wife remain hospitalized for COVID-19
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Family members say the Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife Jacqueline continue to be monitored by…
Continue ReadingCyprus sends 88 Syrian migrants back to Lebanon
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ interior minister says 88 Syrians have been sent back to Lebanon after…
Continue ReadingSalvage crews start last cut of Georgia shipwreck demolition
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Salvage crews have began cutting apart the final two sections remaining of a cargo ship that overturned along the…
Continue ReadingItaly-Moroccan student freed after satirical cartoon post
ROME (AP) — Italy’s foreign ministry says an Italian-Moroccan student has been freed by Moroccan authorities after she was detained on blasphemy…
Continue ReadingItaly-Moroccan student freed after satirical cartoon post
ROME (AP) — Italy’s foreign ministry says an Italian-Moroccan student has been freed by Moroccan authorities after she was detained on blasphemy…
Continue ReadingConservatives file redistricting lawsuit in Wisconsin
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative group filed a redistricting lawsuit with the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday,…
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